You had to risk your life to get love. You had to get right... - Chuck Palahniuk, Choke

"After you find out all the things that can go wrong, your life becomes less about living and more about waiting."

"I am the child of a lunatic. Not a child of God."

"The truth is, immigrants tend to be more American than people born here."

"What I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who I need is somebody that will eat up all my free time, my ego, my attention. Somebody addicted to me. A mutual addiction."

"Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any fantasy. Explain away any goal. I'm so smart I can negate any dream."